Foods Index Sets Record Foods Index Sets Record
New York August 7 The Dun and Bradstreet weekly index of 32 foods in general use rose 3 cents in the week ended August 6 to a record high of 3.32 dollars per pound for all commodities. The prior high was 5.30 on July 31 1919. A week earlier the index stood at 3.4 and last year at 4.09 Advancing were flour oats barley hams bellies butter cheese hogs and lambs Declining were wheat corn rye potatoes steers and sheep.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Ex-Prisoners Invited Ex-Prisoners Invited
Tokyo date Aug 7 former war prisoners urged to come to Japan to testify against Tojo and other war crimes suspects. A special announcement from General MacArthur’s headquarters notes civilians who are ex prisoners will receive 30 dollars monthly while in Japan to testify. Col Guy H Stubbs West Point publicly urged that eyewitnesses be provided for every atrocity.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tojo
MacArthur
Guy H. Stubbs
Peach Bottom
Bataan
Stubbs
Police Hunt Body Of Duce In Lake Luguna
Milan reports say police pursue Benito Mussolini’s body at Brisa go island in Lake Luguna after Antonio Parozzi confessed to moving it from Milan’s cemetery. The alleged plotter claimed four others aided burying the body near the Swiss frontier. authorities pursue verification.
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Duce
Lake
Milan
INS
Brisago Island
Lake Luguna
Benito Mussollini
Antonio Parozzi
Diver Finds Jap Sub Off Southern California Coast
Long Beach August 7 A diver reports a Japanese submarine lies about a mile off the southern California mainland on the Pacific floor. He has explored it and plans to raise it using air bags to lift it to the surface. He is in preparations for another dive to set the method.
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Long Beach
Calif
Brook
Pacific
California
Eight Arrested in Plot to Kill President Aleman
In Mexico City August 8 arrests were made of Mario Basso a former Chicago-based cousin and seven others on charges of conspiring to assassinate President elect Miguel Aleman. Police seized two hand grenades two machine guns several smaller weapons and ammunition.
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Mexico City
INS
Mario Basso
Chicago
Miguel Aleman
Ex-Chancellor Of Germany Dies In Bonn
Wilhelm Marx, 82, veteran statesman who served as chancellor of Germany in 1923 24 and 1926, died in Bonn on Monday. He had been inactive politically since 1928.
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Bonn
Germany
Wilhelm, Marx
Secret agents clash in Munich gun duel over mistaken identities
In Munich last week two U.S. Army counterintelligence agents, James Caywood of Henrietta and Dutch national Gerard Buhrman, mistook each other for civilians. Buhrman fired five times, wounding Caywood, who later identified himself. both were undercover on the same investigation. Caywood is recovering.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
Munich
Third Army
James Caywood
Henrietta
Oklo
Caywood
Gerard Buhrman
Army
Buhrman
Jian
Okada says Soviets knew of Japan peace bid months early
Tokyo report quotes Admiral Keisuke Okada asserting Soviet officials learned of Japan's desire to surrender six months before Russia entered the Pacific war. He alleges Moscow did not relay Japan's peace requests and notes earlier overtures via a Japanese ambassador in Moscow. He mentions Prince Fumimaro Konoe as a planned emissary.
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Tokyo
Keisuke Okada
Russia
Japan
Foreign Office
Okada
Qkada
H&ewise
Moscow
Ate
Fumimara Konoye
Konoye
Ivan
Sis Peel
Truman Triumph Narrow Primary Victory In Missouri
President Truman and backers won in the Fifth Missouri district with Enos Axtell securing the Democratic nomination by 2301 votes. Opponent Albert L. Reeves Jr. secured the Republican nod unopposed. Slaughter may have fallen as voters in several states backed new nominees in Tuesday primaries.
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Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri Congress
Missouri
Enos. A. Axtell
Axtells Movement
Albert L. Reeves Jr
Army Engineers
Slaughter
Virginia
West Virginia
New Hampshire
Arkansas
Cig-Pac
Penderpost
Kansas City
Axtell
House
Harry F. Byrd
Cio-Pac
Frank P. Briggs
Harley M. Kilgore
Patent M. Dale
U. S
Sherman Adams
Kansas
Harry H. Woodring
Roosevelt
Wyoming Crash Kills Five Motormen and Family Near Laramie
A collision four miles south of Laramie, Wyoming, killed a doctor named Ang Pi An Slingis, his son and daughter, and five other motorists early today. Authorities reported the crash involved multiple autos on a rural road, with rescue teams racing to the scene.
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Laramie
Wyo
Ang
T—Pi
Slingis
Five Thousand Dollar Jewel Theft Reported
Jewelry valued at about 5000 dollars was stolen from the home of Mrs. Margaret Maloni at 404 North San Marcos Street late Tuesday. Items included a three carat diamond ring diamond earrings a dinner ring with seven diamonds a cross pendant necklace and two jeweled wrist watches. entry was via a screen door and the items were kept in a small cedar chest in a dresser.
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Margerite Maloni
San Marcos Street
Tanker Fire Victims Found Near St Johns River
Journal reports two bodies found in the St Johns River near Jacksonville identified as likely victims of the tanker Home stead blaze that occurred two days earlier. Authorities could not confirm identities but expect they are among three missing men from the incident. Also, OPA approved retail price hikes of 2 to 3 cents on cotton flannel work shirts, effective August 12.
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Jacksonville
Fie
Byo
St. Johns River
Washington
OPA
Quake and Flood Toll Rises to 22 in Caribbean Republic
CIUDAD TRUJILLO August 7 The known death toll rose to 22 as the Caribbean republic endures its third day of earthquakes and tidal waves. Coastal towns fled inland into forests while Bajia and Cabrera near Scotch Bay were hardest hit. Many injured or missing. Bajiao reported two feet of flooding. New schools were ruined in Puerto Plata and Los Llanos amid the damage from the initial temblors.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Caribbean Republic
Bajia
Cabrera
Scotch Bay
Bajiao
Puerto Plata
Los Llanos
Bayonet Kills Physician in Spokane Hotel
In Spokane on August 7, Dr. R. A. Hahn, an 81 year old physician, was killed by a bayonet thrust in his hotel apartment. His son Rudulph found the body after a stranger in the hallway said he had just spoken with the doctor. Coroner Dr. C. J. Abrams noted a three carat diamond from the doctor’s stick pin was missing.
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Spokane
Wish
R. A. Hahn
Rudulph
C.J. Abrams
Weather forecast shows heat spike with scattered storms
Forecast predicts very hot conditions with Wednesday 102 degrees and Thursday 100, lows around 65, Tuesday high 101 and low 73. Five day outlook says temperatures will run 2 to 4 degrees above normal with light precipitation and scattered afternoon thundershowers by Friday.
Jap Slaughter of Chinese at Yangtze Memorized for War Crimes Trial
A. A. Dorrance testified in Tokyo about Japanese troops herding hundreds of Chinese to the Yangtze after Hankow fell in 1938, kicking them into the river and shooting them. He described the massacre as impersonal but noted observers on an American gun boat. The hearing also announced Henry Pu Yi would be produced as a trial witness.
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Tokyo
Yangtze River
Hankow
A. A. Dorrance
Air Company
War Crimestrai
Dorraire
Narrance
Hideki Tajo
Dorrance
American Chamber of Commerce
Hatcow
UNRRA
Nanking
Allied Headquarters Public Relations Office
Henry Pu Yi
Manchoukuo
Manchuria
Parley Approves Plan for Appeals at Paris Conference
At Paris the peace conference procedural committee passed a Yugoslav led proposal allowing Allied states bordering enemy states to appeal defeated claims directly to the foreign ministers council. The move aims to guard Trieste disputes amid ongoing deliberations as Russia faces a two-thirds versus simple majority voting clash.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Russia
Jed
Haris Deane
Girl Attacked Robbed and Branded by Stranger
Kathleen Norris, 21, reported being beaten, choked, robbed, and burned with a cigarette on the breast by a man she met in a cafe on North St. Mary's street. After a drive, near North Sabines street and Alazan creek, she was assaulted, lost $23, then sought help at police headquarters and hospital. The suspect, about 25, white, neat brow sports shirt, brown pants, fled.
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Kathleen Norris
Lindsay Walk
St. Mary's Street
Charles
North Sabines Street
Alazan Creek
Norgis
Rom
Norris
Robert B. Green Hospital
Texas Heat Wave Sweeps Towns Across State
Texas endured extreme heat with Henrietta posting 114 degrees yesterday while nearby towns reported 111 to 110 degrees. Quanah Bridgeport and Childress also recorded triple digit readings amid a statewide heat spell.
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Atymour
Tern
Henrietta
Quanah
Bridgeport
Childress
Graham
Wichita Falls
Higgins Probe Study Reveals Theft of Committee Records
Washington August INS chief counsel George Meader disclosed an investigation into the theft of important Senate Mead committee Garsson files. A committee employee removed, copied, and returned these papers at 2 a.m. Some pages were later found missing. DOJ alerted Meader about the matter about two weeks ago. FBI declined comment. Federal probes into Higgins industries and Garsson firms continue, with grand jury scrutiny and possible actions after government inquiry.
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Higgins
Washington
INS
Cveorge Meader
The
Senate
Mead Coity Mitice
Meader
Garsson
Mears Committee
Department of Justice
FBI
Mule
Justice
Andrew Higgins
Pig 311 Declines Air Day Invite With Ghost Note
HARLINGEN Aug 7 Fleet Adm Nimitz wrote as Pig 311 to Texas Air Day officials denying publicity. He claimed Bikini lagoon misfire and said pig would not attend. suggested a Texas bred ringer pig would be better suited for the event.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Texas
Ghost Whiting
John van Cronkhite
Bikini Lagoon
Tasa
van Cronkhite
Pig 411
Cy W
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